Dr. Conrad Murray-Smooth Criminal? I don't think so.

Dr.Conrad Murray, the Doctor that was responsible for Michael Jackson's health and well-being before his ill-fated This is it tour was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

Murray, 58 faces up to four years in prison and having his medical license revoked.

Jackson, the day before, was in good shape and judging by the audition videos and photographs (below), was ready for the shows.

But before we point the blame, we have to look at what Jackson himself did to cause his death:

Jackson was rehearsing from 9pm until after midnight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday 24th June 2009. The next morning, Doctor Murray found him in his bed not breathing but had a weak pulse and was warm. For 5-10 minutes he unsuccessfully performed CPR on Jackson but there were two problems:
a) He was doing chest compression on a soft bed that absorbs impact thus does not 'bounce back' the heart-restarting vibrations as much as a hard surface.
b) He was using one hand and the other hand to brace Jackson. Standard practice is with two hands.

Murray panicked and told Jackson's son Prince,14 to stay in the bedroom while he called security for help. He could not use his cellphone because he did not know the address they were living at and there was no landline. By the time security called 911, thirty minutes had already passed. At 12.21pm on 25th June 2009 the paramedics were called and reached within 5 minutes. They unsucessfully attempted CPR for 42 minutes and left at 1.08 pm with Jackson.They arrived at the hospital at 1.14pm and unsucessfully tried to revive him. Jackson was pronounced dead at 2.26 pm 25th June 2009.

Autopsies and toxicology reports state Jackson was balding (from drug abuse and the second degree burns suffered during the Pepsi commercial in 1984), had punctures on his arms (from needles and syringes), arthiriris,inflamed lungs,and scars on his upper body. There were many prescription drugs found inside his body and several reports say he was taking up to 8x the recommended daily amount and 30-or so semi dissolved tablets and pills were found in his body with some stories of 40 alprazolam (antianxiety) pills being taken some nights. Drugs found included: sertraline (anti-phobia and anti-depressant), omeprazole (gastrointestinal aid), hydrocone (strong cough medication and painkiller), paroxetine (antidepressant),carisoprodol (muscle relaxant) and hydromorphone (painkiller). The main culprites however, were two very powerful opiods: demerol (a painkiller) and propofol (a general anaesthetic); Jackson was a morphine addict because of the Pepsi Commercial (pain), Chandler case of 1993-94 (stress), People vs Jackson case of 2003-2005 (stress) and of course, the 50 concert This is it tour (stress). Previously he took painkillers such as: Valium, Xanax and Ativan during the Chandler case and during the People vs Jackson case, hardly ate and depended on morphine; during those years he had trouble remembering album names and people he worked with while slurring when he spoke. Elizabeth Taylor once said that when he came to the UK, he needed to be held up and was 'high' to the extent he needed to go to a clinic and take Valium  via IV to wean off painkillers.
Jackson said he needed propofol to sleep and called it his 'milk' . Regularly whenever he went to the pharmacist he would call them and they would leave the name area on the prescription form blank or he would put down one of his alias names;naturally an employee went to get these prescriptions and due to this, Jackson would be holding multiple prescriptions.
Cherilyn Lee, a nurse and nutritionalist to Jackson said he insisted he needed it to help him sleep. On June 21 2009, she received a call from one of Jackson's aids, that he was complaining one side of his body was hot and the other cold.
Grace Rwaramba, former nanny to his children, said that Jackson was addicted to Oxycontin and a lethal cocktail of drugs; he would need his stomach pumped or he would die. Jackson's mood would also swing with her and the children and she would be dismissed for several days and then called back to look after the children as Jackson was unable to.
Finally, Janet Jackson admitted the family tried to stop Jackson's drug abuse in 2007 but this fell on deaf ears. In the last years of his life he would tell security not to allow any family members in as they upset him when they tried to stop him taking the medication.
The following audio shows Jackson in his last years on propofol-delerious.

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Even though Jackson was an abuser of drugs (not children!), Doctor Murray was a live-in Doctor responsible for his health and well being. Doctor Murray injected Jackson with propofol and did not monitor him.

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